Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Vote with your dollars

Coming this fall from IDW Comics:

IDW Publishing has announced the October 8th publication of graphic novel biographies of the leading candidates for President of the United States, Barack Obama and John McCain. The full color 28-page comic book bios will be available separately for $3.99 and in a flip-book version for $7.99. In addition to printed versions, mobile phone users will be able to purchase downloadable versions of the books through Uclick’s Go Comics Website. Fan favorite artist J. Scott Campbell (Gen 13, Danger Girl) has provided the covers for both biographies.

This idea isn't as silly as I initially thought it was. I don't remember any company ever doing anything like this before, but I could be wrong. I remember Marvel doing a Pope bio comic, but nothing political. Is this the first of its kind?